Say It Forward- Promoting Toddlercraft

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This week I’m promoting Onna from Toddlercraft. She is a mommy blogger who blogs about fun activities for toddlers, arts and crafts and her own brand of parenting tips.

I got to become blog buddies with Onna since we “met” on Problogger’s 31 Days to a Better Blog Challenge which was held a few months ago. Her site has recently undergone a revamp and looks fabulous. ( I too am looking at revamping this site AGAIN but will have to wait till I have more time to finalise the creation of my own WP template)

Toddlercraft is having a great Art Contest over at her site.

The prizes for the contest hasn’t been finalised yet but she has let me in that it there will be prizes for both local (She is based in USA) and international.

There are four main categories based on ages.

Children

a) From Ages 1 to 4

b) From Ages 5 to 8

c) From Ages 9-12

d) From Ages 13-17

Adults too are welcome to take part in this Art contest.

In promotion of her giveaway over here at Dominique’s Desk I will be sponsoring a 125 Ad space here for a month ( Worth $10) as and addition to her prize pool.

Do check out toddlercraft for the rules and regulations on how to take part in this Mega Art Contest and Giveaway.

June 16, 2009

Tackling- Thomas the Train Engines and Friends

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This June holiday one of my main task is to declutter the house. The boys and I decided to start with the massive toy “mess” in the hall. One of the main issues I had is getting a suitable container to house his ever growing collection of Thomas the Train Engines.

I initially wanted to get him a Thomas the Train Travel Tote but it is too costly and would not fit all his Thomas trains as they were from a mixed collection. He has both the wooden Thomas trains and die cast versions which are of different sizes. The travel tote would only fit the die cast engines.

While shopping at a local $2 shop I chanced upon this lingerie drawer organiser which I found to be a good and cheap way for Ryan to organise his trains. The trains could be housed in their own compartment and I could stack the organisers up to reduce the space needed to store the trains. It does double up as a great looking display in our display cabinet.

Do you have any cost saving recommendations to solve toy storage problems?